Atomizer for lubricating purposes.



P B. FRETTER & S. F. BEA-SLEY.

ATOMIZER FOR LUBRICA'IING PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT,4,1912.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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FRANK B. FRETTER AND STARLEY F. BEASLEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAIDBEASLEY ASSIGNOR TO SAID FRE'ITER.

ATOMIZER FOR LUBRIGA'IING PURPOSES.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANK B. F nmr'rnn andSTA'RLEY F. BEASLEY, citizens of the United States, residing atCleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Atomizers for LubricatingPurposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and original'atomizer designed moreespecially to be used with what are known as sight 't'eed lubricators,and the invention consists in the construction and combination 01? partssubstantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in theclaims. In the accomanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of alubricator, a steam pipe and the atomizer exposed in said pipe andhaving its supply connection with the lubricator. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the atomizer considerably enlarged :is'oom pared With Fig.1, and Fig. 3 is a central sectional elevation thereof.

The novelty herein lies, first and chiefly, in the atomizer a as a newarticle of manu- .LftlCtLll'G and sale and adapted to be used inconjunction with a suitable li'lbricator b or like source of supply, thesaid atomizer being located in the steam pipe 0. A'pipe line 2 leadsfrom the pipe 0 to the lubricator and has a valve 3 in the angle thereofto control the flow of steam through the same, and a pipe .4 leads fromthe lubricator into pipe 0 and is adapted to supply oil to the top ofthe atomizer through an elbow The said elbow or joint 5 screws upon theneck (3 of the atomizer and the said neck is tubular while the body ofthe atomizer is shown as solid, and the said neck has an orifice or hole7 in its bottom through which the oil passes onto the spiral or worm S.The said spiral runs about the outside of the body of the atomizer andis characterized by an approximately concave-convex 't'ormatimi in crosssection, the channel in the top thereof being substantiallyt-rough-sliaped or highest at the edge of the spiral and descending onSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 4, 1912.Serial No. 718,490.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

a substantially curved line to a lower plane at the base or core of theanchor. This a ffords an exposed but confining channel for the oil inwhich it spreads as it flows downward and is heated and ultimatelyatomized and absorbed by the steam, so that when it reaches thecylinders it is so thoroughly incorporated with the steam that ituniformly coats or covers thecylindcr walls and pene trates all theworking parts with which the steam comes in contact and lubricates thesame in a most effective manner without waste ot oil.

The spiral may be of any desired length and be covered with wire gauzeor mesh 10 as herein shown or without such covering if preferred,depending on conditions in each individual case.

In any event the low of the oil is measured practitnlly in drops, sothat the orifice 7 may be very small so far as the flow of the requisiteamount of oil is concerned and the control of flow is primarily 111 theluhricator I; by suitably disposed valves.

\Vhat we claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture and sale. an atomizer having acylindrical body with a spiral channel about the same deepest inside tocarry the oil and having a receptacle at its top provided with anorifice in its bottom opening into said channel.

2. A steam pipe and an atomizer therein having, a spiral channel aboutthe same deepest at the bottom of the channel to convey oil therein andto promote atomization, said atomizer having, a tubular neck providedwith an escape orifice in its bottom into said channel, in combinationwith a luln-icalor aml pipe connections therefrom with the said neck.

In testimony whereo'l we atiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

S'iARLEY F. BEASLEY.

Witnesses:

WILL. O. RUn'rz, A. 1). Mann.

